Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT strips 4051-4055 (22 - 26 July 2019)
Thrudd:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 25 Jul 2019, 23:49 ---In any case, I think that they should get Hannelore a snow shovel and a bucket or this is going to take a long time and likely require moving heavy machinery.
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That is such linear thinking. Now think like an engineer.
Q: What are some of the properties of Steel Ball Bearings that we can exploit?
A: They are made of steel therefore we can use a magnet to gather them up.
This eliminates the issue of loosing ones bearings while attempting to gather them up.
As for those that have rolled under equipment, a stream of compressed air will get them back out from under and into the clutches of your magnet.
As for the mixed sizes in one container.
I put that down to a discount supplier of ball bearings who get them from end of production run inventories.
This is where any left over parts used in a production run do not get returned to inventory.
This would be due to very strict inventory and parts control where there is no mixing of lot numbers.
cybersmurf:
mixed ball bearings, $17,99/lbs - includes some more expensive ones, and some less expensive ones, but overall a good deal. but you don't know how many of each you actually get.
A lot of smaller steel products like screws and bolts are sold by weight instead of by piece. So in my mind, a container of mixed sizes for a fixed price makes sense if it's not that common sizes you don't need that often.
Wingy:
--- Quote from: Thrudd on 26 Jul 2019, 06:30 ---Q: What are some of the properties of Steel Ball Bearings that we can exploit?
A: They are made of steel therefore we can use a magnet to gather them up.
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Provided they aren't one of the non-magnetic steels, like many of the stainless varieties are. See also: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-dont-magnets-work-on/
Perfectly Reasonable:
So --- were there -really- 5,000 bearings in the jar?
( recalls me sorting mixed nails )
zisraelsen:
At my old job, my boss got it in his head to move the bulk of production across a nearby border. The export consultant he hired insisted that our quantities of parts better be dead accurate, as any discrepancy the border agents found would result in a fine of $10,000. I was the only one packing parts and making paperwork.
Cut to several stressful days of counting dozens of different part numbers, including a bunch of different screws, nuts, electrical and pneumatic fittings, and o-rings, each with quantities in the hundreds. By hand. Once that pallet left, I asked my boss very politely to please let me order a fucking counting scale or I quit
We never did get fined. I don't think anyone at the border crossing looked at those parts nearly as closely as I did.
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